The Day Gonzo Died
Jeff Angus, over at Management by Baseball, gives a send up for Hunter S Thompson: “I think he created a lot of the foundation that evolved into the smashmouth Internet and TV journalism tradition that features adversarial in-your-face criticism. I think Thompson, however, picked targets he truly disliked. He didn’t just go out of his way to fabricate his disdain in order to have something to say.”